Currently training clients in the Pocatello / Chubbuck / Idaho Falls areas. Currently an Adjunct Professor for Idaho State University. Also serving as an expert witness and have testified in the areas of edged weapons, self-defense, martial arts and use of force.
EDUCATION:
Certified Instructor in Aikijitsu – 1996 - (submission holds, take-downs)
Certified Black Belt in Aikijitsu – 1997
Certified Instructor in Kali / Wing Chung / Silat – 2003 - (stick, knife, dirty boxing, joint manipulation)
Certified Instructor in Muay Thai Kickboxing – 2005 - (punches, kicks, elbows, knees, take-downs)
Certified Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 2015 - (ground fighting, submissions)
ADDITONAL EDUCATION:
Doce Pares – 2004 to 2006 – Seattle, WA - (stick, knife)
Inosanto Academy – 2006 to 2007 – Los Angeles, CA
Fairtex Kickboxing – 2013 – San Francisco, CA
Shad Lierly – 2014 to 2015 – Professional MMA Fighter – Renton, WA
AMC Pankration - 2016 to 2019 - Redmond, WA
SEMINARS:
Michael Barnes – international Judo competitor
Compliance Direction Takedown (CDT certification) – 1998 – Certificate of Achievement
Francis Fong – professional Wing Chun Instructor – 2001, 2002, 2004 – 3 Certificates of Achievement
Erik Paulson – professional MMA fighter and Instructor – 2008 and 2009 – 2 Certificates of Achievement
Dan Inosanto – professional martial arts Instructor – 2010, 2011, 2012 – 3 Certificates of Achievement
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Federal Aviation Administration - Martial Arts and Kickboxing Instructor - 2001 to 2020
Hasbro (Wizards of the Coast) - Martial Arts and Kickboxing Instructor - 2001 to 2020
Owned and operated two successful martial arts schools across 20 years.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Have worked with members of SWAT Tacoma, Bellevue and King County areas of Washington State.
Have been personally invited to the Seattle Police Department during their Defensive Tactics training.
Was invited personally to train the assistant defensive tactics trainer at the King County Criminal Justice Training Center.
Additionally, have accumulated over 12,500 hours of teaching, and trained other law enforcement officers, military, law enforcement recruits/applicants, amateur fighters, other martial arts instructors, families, children, students with special needs, abused children as well as victims of domestic violence.
